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1150983

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Catering and Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements the Government has with contractors for (a) cleaning and (b) catering in 10 Downing Street.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	2814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Cleaners in No 10 are Civil Servants and are not contractors. The catering services are provided via the Government Property Agency's Total Facilities Management Contract.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 24/10/2019 09:03:36 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1151123

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the rules that govern the use of offshore bank accounts by (a) Government Ministers, (b) Senior Civil Servants and (c) Directors of Government-controlled companies.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	2887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>All public office holders are expected to comply with the law as it applies to offshore banking activity.</p><p>Ministers and Civil Servants must also uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the seven principles of public life.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/10/2019 09:31:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1150347

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release, Government’s streamlined messaging service to save taxpayer £175m, published on 26 September 2019, what the sources are of the savings that the GOV.UK Notify system will deliver in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	1564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Notify currently has 1,322 services with over half a billion total notifications sent to date (see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-notify" target="_blank">here</a>). The benefits of <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Notify are primarily driven by HMG only having to incur a cost once instead of multiple times across the 1,322 services. The benefits fall into two broad categories &quot;One-off avoided costs&quot; &amp; &quot;Avoided ongoing costs&quot;. These benefits are driven by the number of services adopted across HMG and the transactions of each of those services. Both are forecasted forward based on a combination of statistical techniques using historical data and engagement insight with OGDs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 22/10/2019 15:13:40 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1150348

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent civil servants worked on delivering the objectives of the Government Transformation Strategy in the most recent three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	1565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government Transformation Strategy is a cross-government programme of work that touches on all aspects of digital transformation. We estimate that there are approximately 17,000 Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) professionals employed across government and directly supporting delivery of the strategy, in addition to a significant number of non-DDaT civil servants working on related activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 22/10/2019 15:15:42 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1150349

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on transferring Verify to the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	1566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office and DCMS announced a call for evidence on 19 July 2019, to seek views on how government can support the development and secure use of digital identities fit for the UK’s growing digital economy.</p><p>The Cabinet Office and DCMS also announced the creation of a new Digital Identity Unit, which will help bring the public and private sector together, ensure the adoption of interoperable standards, specification and schemes, and deliver on the outcome of the call for evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 22/10/2019 16:54:32 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1150390

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage more people to vote in elections.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Individual Electoral Registration (IER) and online registration have transformed electoral registration, making it easier than ever before to register to vote. The register for the 2017 General Election was, at 46.8 million, the largest ever.</p><p>The Government is working hard to ensure that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have the tools to ensure that electoral registers are complete and accurate. We have developed a range of resources which we have made available to the electoral community and we are convening partners to transfer our knowledge, evidence and resources so they are equipped to tackle barriers to registration for under-registered groups and deliver democratic engagement activities.</p><p>The Government also continues to work with the Cabinet Office-chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make elections more accessible to disabled people. We are also starting to bring forward measures that respond to issues raised in the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections, with the proposals announced as part of the package around the Queen’s Speech.</p><p>It is for candidates and political parties to encourage people to vote in elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:58:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1150391

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people are able to vote in elections (a) confidentially and (b) easily.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Cabinet Office chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make elections more accessible to disabled people. Work has already been undertaken with Mencap and the Electoral Commission to produce Easy Read guides for registration and voting at recent polls, and we have worked with the Electoral Commission to update its guidance for Returning Officers and polling station staff.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures which respond to issues raised in the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections, with the proposals announced as part of the package around the Queen’s Speech. These will include increasing the range of support available to voters with disabilities in polling stations and allowing a wider range of people (such as carers) to assist disabled voters in polling stations if needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:59:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1150395

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the money allocated from the public purse to the Government's Get Ready for Brexit campaign was spent on advertisements in (a) London, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Leeds, (d) Chester, (e) Paris and (f) Berlin.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	1712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms. It also has many direct and local elements including business roundtables, public meetings, ministerial visits and local authority events. Campaign activity is ongoing across the UK and in multiple EU countries.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. We will undertake a regional breakdown of expenditure once the campaign has concluded and will be published on GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 16:59:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1150412

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to increase the diversity of public appointments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	1567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>In June this year, the Government updated its Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan which sets out steps for improving the diversity of public appointees. The Prime Minister remains committed to this plan, including the aspirations that by 2022, 50% of all appointees should be female, and 14% of appointments made should be to those from ethnic minority backgrounds.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest figures show that 43% of appointees are female compared to 39% in March 2014. The recent report from the Commissioner for Public Appointments shows that 11.9% of appointments made in 2018/19 were to those from ethnic minorities compared to 8% in 2013/2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 22/10/2019 15:10:25 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1150470

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of setting up the Office for Veterans Affairs.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>At the last Spending Round the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that £5 million is being made available for the Office for Veterans' Affairs in 2020/2021. The costs of setting up the Office for Veterans' Affairs were met from existing budgets in the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, and included time from existing staff.</p><p>Furthermore, this does not represent the totality of government spend to support veterans. For example, we recently announced an additional £10 million to support veterans' mental health and wellbeing needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/10/2019 09:31:25 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones